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Form

Form consists of input, radio, select, checkbox and so on. With form, you can collect, verify and submit data.

:::tip

The component has been upgraded with a flex layout to replace the old float layout.

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Basic Form

It includes all kinds of input items, such as input, select, radio and checkbox.

:::demo In each form component, you need a form-item field to be the container of your input item.

form/basic-form

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:::tip

W3C regulates that

When there is only one single-line text input field in a form, the user agent should accept Enter in that field as a request to submit the form.

To prevent this behavior, you can add @submit.prevent on <el-form>.

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Inline Form

When the vertical space is limited and the form is relatively simple, you can put it in one line.

:::demo Set the inline attribute to true and the form will be inline.

form/inline-form

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Alignment

Depending on your design, there are several different ways to align your label element.

:::demo The label-position attribute decides how labels align, it can be top or left. When set to top, labels will be placed at the top of the form field.

form/alignment

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Validation

Form component allows you to verify your data, helping you find and correct errors.

:::demo Just add the rules attribute for Form component, pass validation rules, and set prop attribute for FormItem as a specific key that needs to be validated. See more information at async-validator.

form/validation

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Custom Validation Rules

This example shows how to customize your own validation rules to finish a two-factor password verification.

:::demo Here we use status-icon to reflect validation result as an icon.

form/custom-validation

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:::tip

Custom validate callback function must be called. See more advanced usage at async-validator.

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Add/Delete Form Item

:::demo In addition to passing all validation rules at once on the form component, you can also pass the validation rules or delete rules on a single form field dynamically.

form/form-items

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Number Validate

:::demo Number Validate need a .number modifier added on the input v-model bindingit's used to transform the string value to the number which is provided by Vue.

form/number-validate

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:::tip

When an el-form-item is nested in another el-form-item, its label width will be 0. You can set label-width on that el-form-item if needed.

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Size Control

All components in a Form inherit their size attribute from that Form. Similarly, FormItem also has a size attribute.

:::demo Still you can fine tune each component's size if you don't want that component to inherit its size from From or FormItem.

form/size-control

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Accessibility

When only a single input (or related control such as select or checkbox) is inside of a el-form-item, the form item's label will automatically be attached to that input. However, if multiple inputs are inside of the el-form-item, the form item will be assigned the WAI-ARIA role of group instead. In this case, it is your responsibility to assign assistive labels to the individual inputs.

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form/accessibility

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Form API

Form Attributes

Attribute Description Type Default
model Data of form component. Record<string, any>
rules Validation rules of form. FormRules
inline Whether the form is inline. boolean false
label-position Position of label. If set to 'left' or 'right', label-width prop is also required. 'left' | 'right' | 'top' 'right'
label-width Width of label, e.g. '50px'. All its direct child form items will inherit this value. auto is supported. string | number
label-suffix Suffix of the label. string
hide-required-asterisk Whether required fields should have a red asterisk (star) beside their labels. boolean false
show-message Whether to show the error message. boolean true
inline-message Whether to display the error message inline with the form item. boolean false
status-icon Whether to display an icon indicating the validation result. boolean false
validate-on-rule-change Whether to trigger validation when the rules prop is changed. boolean true
size Control the size of components in this form. 'large' | 'default' | 'small'
disabled Whether to disable all components in this form. If set to true, it will override the disabled prop of the inner component. boolean false
scroll-to-error When validation fails, scroll to the first error form entry. boolean false

Form Methods

Method Description Type
validate Validate the whole form. Receives a callback or returns Promise. (callback?: (isValid: boolean, invalidFields?: ValidateFieldsError) => void) => Promise<void>
validateField Validate specified fields. (props?: Arrayable<FormItemProp>, callback?: (isValid: boolean, invalidFields?: ValidateFieldsError) => void) => Promise<void>
resetFields Reset specified fields and remove validation result. (props?: Arrayable<FormItemProp>) => void
scrollToField Scroll to the specified fields. (prop: FormItemProp) => void
clearValidate Clear validation message for specified fields. (props?: Arrayable<FormItemProp>) => void

Form Events

Event Name Description Parameters
validate triggers after a form item is validated (prop: FormItemProp, isValid: boolean, message: string) => void

Form Slots

Name Description Subtags
- customize default content FormItem

Form Item API

Form Item Attributes

Attribute Description Type Default
prop A key of model. It could be an array of property paths (e.g ['a', 'b', 0]). In the use of validate and resetFields method, the attribute is required. string | string[]
label Label text. string
label-width Width of label, e.g. '50px'. 'auto' is supported. string | number
required Whether the field is required or not, will be determined by validation rules if omitted. boolean false
rules Validation rules of form, see the following table, more advanced usage at async-validator. FormItemRule | FormItemRule[]
error Field error message, set its value and the field will validate error and show this message immediately. string
show-message Whether to show the error message. boolean true
inline-message Inline style validate message. boolean false
size Control the size of components in this form-item. 'large' | 'default' | 'small' 'default'

FormItemRule

Name Description Type Default
trigger How the validator is triggered. 'blur' | 'change'

Form Item Slots

Name Description Slot Scope
Content of Form Item.
label Custom content to display on label. { label }
error Custom content to display validation message. { error }

Form Item Methods

Method Description Type
resetField Reset current field and remove validation result. () => void
clearValidate Remove validation status of the field. () => void